McCann

SHAPELESS MASS OF CLAY TAKING FORM BENEATH DEFT FINGERS

The natives are all clever at pottery work. This woman uses no machinery. She employs

only the crude stone mold that we can see by the three bowls. The mold is placed inside

the roughly shaped piece of clay to help the worker in smoothing and forming the vessels.

It is extraordinary how little the finished articles differ in shape and size,

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